Cover for railroad-cars.



M. SCHEDLBAUER. COVER Foa RAILROAD CARS.

' M. SCHEDLBAUER.

COVER FOR RAILROAD CARS.

APPLICATION FILED APR-27.1918.

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PamdAug. 6,1918.

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`.Mien-Amr SGHEDLBAUEB, or WARREN; MICHIGAN.

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y*and open top cars 'used vforftransporting" l'heilig had "therein BAUER? a -ctzitilzen` of the 'United States fof erica, residingat W arren, iii4 thecoun'ty of lMacombv `and --State-V of Michigan., `have invented certain new and -nseful Improvenients `in Coversfor RailroadsCars, offvvhieh the" 'following is 'awspeci'ficatiom reference to the accoinpanjying4 I 2 as far as'vthe bottom of :the ycar 'body ,drawings 'V coal, coke 'andother merchandise.

invention aims l"to furnish an Lopen,v ytop vcar with a coverfithat 'may Abe collapsed lremain*inactive atone si'd'eof thecar, land be easily andfqicklyfeX-'tejnded over the top "of the carl so 'as`v to j protect the contents fthereof' ffroin the elements, 'and par- :ticiilaily -ro'in being stolenV or jarredfrorn vso fand yal preferred embodiment fof the invejutinllvvilfl he hereinafter" descrihed L then lthe car, especial-lyfwhen'overloaded. lWith f Hthe "-oar hody,fand said plates have their longitudinal'` edges 'thereof provided with `iharrels yor :hinged `nriernhers 11, through 'Whichrextend hinged or pivot rods 'l2 and" 13,v said rods alternating 'for a purpose; `that .Will'pre'sently appear; 'The lates f 10.- are niadefofwsheet siin-'etal and Wit` said plates 'comparatively fnarrom compared to the length off the ear,l the *cover inayfbe easilyk fiolde'd. or collapsed as shown iFiO. 2V-or the :covercollapsed "and in an inactive position it does not interfere Withfthe loading `of the car in the 'usual 1nanne1, and said l'cover is' niade `to withstand the rough usage *to 'which a car is subjected 'at-lOading-andv linloadijhg station and When'in transit.

My invention further ailmsft'o {pr-Ovide a simple," di'irableand inexpensive carfcover,

Figur-s 1 is a ycross sectional View ef als@ ihody of Ya coal car, 'provided With- 'the covler l?. fand'shovvi'ng ltl'ies'ainein* air-extended and' faneXtnde'd 'active position;

thereof This invention 'relates-tesa cover 'for rail- 4road cars, and more particularly gondol'as applicati@ meenam 27;"191'8.' serial-'Ne-gs1-,os7-f f vided withiipivardlyextendinggcleats lijandkv connected to said cleatsjare.auxiliaryend Walls y.5, ivhiclii-frest -on'f the upper' edgesv of "the Walls 3 and are, arched'or :curved at their upper edges from one side Wall of.` the car to the other. i

@n y thearche'd auxiliary -end Walls l `gchannellguide rails that extend fdownlWard-lv at the` 0uterfsides ofthe Walls '1 and Lmain hearing "surface: for,` the coveig; While the ange -8 serves to prevent. accidental dis- `placement of the cover-When in alcollap'sed inactive position ori vvfhe'nA 'beingshifted. The coverlcoinprisesQaplurality of r11-etal-c lic'plates "IOYc'o'rresponding in length to as readily-extended, as sho-Wn iii-Fig. '1.\ Thefends of the .plates 10, extendfinto the to provide lclearance for vvhels or rollers" 16 and 17 on they rends of St'he 'rods if r12 land S13 -re'spectively The rodsslQ are ofva greater length than the rods -'sothat .thaw-heels "rods 13 ar'elsiinply ongienough' to 'maintain iperial err ges, have soeketsverfbraclets:i8

mediate rail 19, and adapted totravelgon this arched: 'rail are -Wheels"L 12) --onltle-frods 2156 Wil'l'be-coniined lietvveenfth'e flanges y8;;

59,2015. the channel V:guide rails, While sthe Sima sans j" frias sies waas i .mie srshsesrfissy, in: l

Ying apertured to tering the rails. The cables 28 are attachedA 12 and 13 and in cut away portions 21 provided therefor at the hinged edges of the plates 10, as best shown in Fig. 3. i

The car body has the sills 22 thereof, pro- Y vided with hangers 23 for a Vlongitudinal shaft 24: having drums 25, loc-king mechanisms 26 Aand cranks 27 at thev ends thereof. The locking mechanisms 26 are preferably in the form of toothed wheels and gravity pawls so that the shaft 24 may be locked against accidental rotation. The

drums 25 are adapted to have cables 2S and 29 attached thereto and wound thereon, the cables 29 being employed to extend or open the cover, and the cables'28 `to collapse or close the cover. The cables 28 extendnnder sheaves 30 at the ends of the sills 22 and upwardly to the channel guide rails 6, the lower closed ends of said channel rails bepermit of said cables ento the cover at the ends thereof, as indicated at 31. The cables 29 extend under .sheaves 32 supported from a draft rigging at each end of the car body and also under sheaves 38 laborer may safely operate the shaft 24' without any .danger of 'being struck by Va passing train. Then again, with the cover collapsed at the inner side of the car body, it is out of the road and the car can be loaded, particularly at a tipple, without any danger of .the cover being injured.

By rotating the shaft 24 in one direction,

`the cover is gradually extended and carried over the open top of the car to close the same, as shown in Fig. 1, and by rotating the shaft 24: in the opposite direction, the

cover may be collapsed at the inner side of vthe car, as shown in Fig. 2.

It is thought that. the operation and utility of the invention willbe apparent Iwithout further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that the structural elements. are susceptible to such variations and modificationsasV fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.

Vhat I claim is e l l. The combination of a car body, channel rails at the ends thereof, a covercomposed of plates having-the ends thereof extending n i Cpnieaof this patent may be obtainedro into said-channel. rails, rods hingedly connecting said plates, wheels on the ends of said rods, with some of said wheels normallyl engaging said guide rails, and other of said wheels adapted to swing out of engageinent V therewith so that said cover may be collapsed, and means connected to said cover, at the ends thereof, adapted for shift- 'ing said lcover relative to said rails.

2. The combination with a car body, of auxiliary arched end walls carried thereby, channel rails on said auxiliary end walls, an arched rail intermedia-te the ends of said car body, a cover composed of hingedly connected plates having `the ends thereof extending into said channel rails, means supporting the ends of said plates in said channel rails, and said plates on said intermediate rail, and means extending into said channel rails and connected to said cover adapt-V ed for shifting said coverV relative to said rails.

3. The combination of a car body, rails carried thereby, a cover composed of hingedly connected plates with the ends of l said plates extending into said rails, means supporting the ends ofthe cover plates in said rails, and means operatable at the ends of said car body for simultaneously moving the ends of said cover relative to said rails.

4. The combination of a car body, auxiliary end walls carried thereby, channel rails on said auxiliary end walls and extending downwardly at the sides of said car body, a cover composed of plates having the ends thereof extending into said channel rails, rods hiiigedly connecting said plates, wheels on the ends of said rods with some of said wheels normally in said channel rails and other of said wheels adapted to swing out of said channel rails so that said cover may be collapsed, and cables attached to the ends of said cover and adapted for shifting said cover in saidchannel rails.

5. The combination of a car body, channel rails at the ends thereof, a cover composed of plates extending from one end of said car body to the opposite end and said plates having the ends thereof extending into said channel rails, rods hingedly coniiectingV saidplates together, wheels on the ends of said rods, adapted to support said cover relative to said rails, means carried by said car body intermediate the ends thereof adapted for supporting said cover, and means operatable at one side of said car body adapted for shifting said cover relative to said rail.

In testimony Vwhereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

y MICHAEL SCHEDLBAUER. Witnesses:-

. KARL I-I. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

r lfive `cents, each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

"Washington, D. c,"A 

